Issue-012

Transcript
GM: You emerge into a concrete corridor filled with pipes and bracing.
James: Well, military base so guess that fits.
GM: Two civilians approach – they introduce themselves as Doctors Gary Meyers and Barbara Shore.
James: Have I heard of them?
GM: You’ve heard of Meyers, he teaches at Harvard.
James: “What is this place?”
GM: A decommissioned nuclear missile silo, Shore tells you.
James: Cool, still not sure why we’re here, 28 floors underground…
GM: Fine. Kawalski escorts the three of you to a set of doors marked “Research Laboratory – Authorized Personnel Only”… He opens the doors to reveal… 14 large coverstones, mounted vertically, just covered in hieroglyphs.
James: Boomshakalaka!

Issue-012

According to the novelization - Meyers is rather full-of-himself Harvard professor of Egyptology while Shore is an astrophysicist. That was news to me as I always figured she was just another Egyptologist though it does make more sense of her dialogue.

Sometimes with these strips I find the humor doesn't come naturally to the strip as well as the narrative pacing, so sometimes gags such as funny words here are necessary.

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